The Roundup: Week of February 16th, 2026

Kraken on the Sei EVM. Sei Labs center stage at ETHDenver. And another all-time high in daily active addresses. Here's what went down this week.

Kraken Became One of the First US Exchanges to Support Native Sei EVM Deposits and Withdrawals

Kraken has enabled native Sei EVM deposits and withdrawals, making it one of the first major U.S. exchanges to offer direct connectivity to the Sei Network's EVM execution environment. The integration removes the need for intermediate bridging steps, allowing users to move assets between Kraken and the Sei ecosystem with speed and simplicity. For developers and applications building on Sei's parallelized EVM, direct exchange connectivity of this kind strengthens the accessibility of the network to a broad base of participants.

Sei Labs Was on the Ground at ETHDenver, Covering x402, Stablecoins, and Next-Gen Infrastructure

The Sei Labs team was on the ground at ETHDenver, one of the largest annual gatherings for Ethereum and EVM ecosystem builders. Sessions and conversations covered the x402 payment protocol, the expanding role of stablecoins in onchain commerce, and the infrastructure requirements for the next generation of high-performance applications. ETHDenver continues to serve as a key venue for technical dialogue across the EVM landscape, and the Sei Labs presence reinforced the network's positioning within that broader builder community.

Cultz Trade Unveiled a Gamified Social Perps DEX Coming to the Monaco Ecosystem, on Sei

Cultz Trade has unveiled a gamified social perpetuals DEX designed for the Monaco ecosystem on Sei. By combining social mechanics with derivatives trading on top of Monaco's shared Central Limit Order Book infrastructure, Cultz Trade adds a new application surface to the growing roster of front ends building on Monaco's composable liquidity layer. The gamified approach introduces an accessible entry point for participants engaging with onchain derivatives.

Takara Lend Turned One, with 40x Growth Over Its First Year

Takara Lend celebrated its first anniversary on the Sei Network. Over the course of its inaugural year, the lending protocol achieved 40x growth, establishing itself as a core component of the network's financial application layer. Built to leverage Sei's parallel execution environment and sub-second finality, Takara Lend's trajectory reflects the demand for performant lending infrastructure operating on high-speed rails.

Daily Active Addresses Cleared 1.7M This Week

Daily active addresses on Sei cleared 1.7 million this week, setting another all-time high. Six consecutive quarters of growth for the Sei ecosystem, going on seven. The sustained expansion of network usage across multiple application verticals — from trading and lending to gaming and payments — continues to validate the core thesis that low-cost, high-speed infrastructure drives persistent onchain engagement.

Onchain Lu Mapped the Agentic Commerce Landscape, Including Over 100 Agentic Finance Pioneers Building Alongside Sei

Onchain Lu published a comprehensive mapping of the agentic commerce landscape, identifying over 100 agentic finance pioneers building alongside Sei. The research highlights the emerging intersection of autonomous AI agents and onchain financial infrastructure, where high-throughput execution and sub-second finality create the conditions for agent-driven transactions at scale. Sei's inclusion in the mapping reflects the network's technical suitability for the latency-sensitive, high-frequency workloads that agentic commerce demands.

Paul Gebheim of Sei Labs Spoke at ETHDenver on Power, Control, and Trust in the Age of Agentic Blockchain

Paul Gebheim of Sei Labs took the stage at ETHDenver to discuss the shifting dynamics of power, control, and trust as blockchain systems become increasingly agentic. The talk explored how autonomous onchain agents are redefining the trust assumptions underlying financial infrastructure, and what that means for the design of high-performance execution layers. The presentation added to the growing discourse around the convergence of AI and blockchain at one of the ecosystem's most prominent annual events.

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